Market for filtering liquids in China
is growing at 11% per year
The market in China for filters to purify liquids is growing at 11 percent per year and is already larger than that in any country of the world except the U.S. The McIlvaine Company is providing detailed forecasts of each segment of this market. Here are the product purchases by China for 2005 in millions of U.S. dollars:
China Filtration Markets 2005 ($ millions)
Cartridges
Carbon 698
Membrane 178
Metal 54
Non woven 334
String wound 40
Sub-total 1,304
Membranes
Microfiltration 263
Reverse osmosis 388
Ultrafiltration 282
Sub-total 933
Macrofilters
Automatic back wash 79
Bag 87
Belt filter press 124
Drum 80
Filter Press 130
Granular media 204
Leaf and belt 93
Sub-total 797
Total 3,034
The large carbon cartridge market is the result of a middle class segment of over 100 million people who are not content with the water quality from municipal sources and are buying point-of-use or point-of-entry filters. The size of the membrane cartridge market is relatively small due to the smaller size of the pharmaceutical industry in China compared to the U.S.
The surprisingly low size of the reverse osmosis market (despite the purchases for homes) is the embryonic state of desalination. Microfiltration and ultrafiltration of drinking water at central treatment facilities is poised to grow rapidly but is presently at low levels. Industrial markets are already booming. Ultrafiltration and microfiltration are used in food and chemical processing.
The macrofilter market is the largest in the world due to purchases by the chemical, metal, mining, and municipal wastewater treatment industries. Wastewater treatment facilities in planning our under construction will require more than 1000 belt filter presses.
McIlvaine publishes separate reports on cartridges, membranes, and macrofilters. For more information on these reports, click on “water” at: www.mcilvainecompany.com .
Bob McIlvaine
847-784-0012